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Amazing! Afghanistan's '10-year challenge' picture looks exactly the same

By Duffel Blog Staff · Bureau · 1 minute

Filed 5 October 2022 · 1531

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The small, landlocked nation of Afghanistan once again made headlines this week after posting photos to social media for Facebook’s “10-year challenge,” State Department officials confirmed today.

The mountainous and war-torn state uploaded two, juxtaposed pictures yesterday taken a full decade apart with the caption, “Can’t believe it’s been ten years! Felt cute, might delete later. #2009 #2019 #tenyearchallenge”

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